Mount Rainier A Visitor's Companion

Has everything visitors want to know about these parks, including their histories, plant and animal life, and conservation issues. With field guide, life lists, and stunning colour photos. The ecosystem within Mount Rainier National Park in Washington state are diverse -- from subalpine meadows to old-growth forest--and support a variety of birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, mammals, and plants. Mount Rainier describes and illustrates in full colour each of these plant and animal species and explores the park's geological history, land use issues, native people, and past explorers -- at once a traveller's guide, field guide, and natural history of one of America's most popular and extraordinary national parks.Wuerthner, George is the author of 'Mount Rainier A Visitor's Companion' with ISBN 9780811728560 and ISBN 0811728560.